Takeover activity as a response to time-varying changes in investment opportunity sets: Evidence from takeover sequences

Financial Management

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1-25

  Klasa, Sandy ^a   Stegemoller, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 36049002761     PISSN: 00463892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-053x.2007.tb00085.x     Document Type: Article

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